Thailand’s Industrialization: Implications for Health, Education, and Science and Technology

Abstract

Thailand’s economic growth during the past decade is often cited as a success story, the result of years of industrialization, structural shifts in production and significant advances in real incomes. From an economy dominated by agriculture, Thailand has been so transformed that in 1991 the share of GDP from agriculture registered a mere 12 per cent. Manufactured exports and tourism are clearly responsible for much of the growth, and indeed industry and services have become major sources of employment and income.